Regulators Draw Up New Rules To Stop Abusive Practices By Debt Collectors
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau receives more complaints about debt collection than any other issue.
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Sea Slug? Disco Ball? Beautiful Deep-Sea Purple Blob Puzzles Scientists
"I have no idea. I can't even hazard a guess to phylum," one scientist says. The curious orb was found and captured during a recent Nautilus expedition near California's Channel Islands.
The Task Ahead Of Hillary Clinton On The DNC's Final Night
With Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention set to kick off, Hillary Clinton's headlining speech is the main attraction — but it's by no means the only story line swirling on the final night.
DNC's Oldest Delegate's Life Spans Early Days Of Suffrage To Historic Nomination
Ruby Gilliam is 93 years old, a lifelong Democrat — and the oldest delegate at the party's national convention this year. "It's almost like a dream come true," she tells NPR's Audie Cornish.
After Hinckley, States Tightened Use Of The Insanity Plea
John Hinckley's not-guilty verdict prompted tighter restrictions on the insanity defense. Civil rights advocates say that means seriously ill people are imprisoned without adequate treatment.
Political Daughters Step Into The Limelight This Election Season
Chelsea Clinton will introduce her mother Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention. And when she does, there will be some obvious parallels to the Republican convention last week, when Ivanka Trump introduced her dad.
Halt On Juvenile Immigrant Visa Leaves Thousands In Limbo
According to Border Patrol, more than 120,000 unaccompanied children arrived in the past two and a half years, many seeking asylum. Some young immigrants are now trying to use a new visa category.
Have We Learned The Wrong Lessons From The Iraq War?
Nussaibah Younis, Atlantic Council senior fellow, says the idea of intervening in Syria has been affected by memories of U.S. intervention in Iraq — and not necessarily for the better.
Transgender Student Files Suit Against School District, Alleging Discrimination
Ash Whitaker has filed a federal Title IX lawsuit against his school district. The transgender teen says the Kenosha School District has essentially created a surveillance program to monitor his bathroom usage, with plans to issue green wristbands to help identify transgender students.
What Does 'Middle Class' Mean In America? We Asked, You Answered
As part of the series "The New Middle," All Things Considered is hearing from people across the U.S. about what it means to be middle class in America today.